Gatorade’s big draw is its electrolytes, and it does have electrolytes, but you have to dig through a pile of junk before finding them in the ingredient list.

Sugar and dextrose are responsible for the 21 grams of added sugar per 12 ounce serving. The World Health Organization recommends we ingest no more than 25 grams of added sugar per day because consuming too much added sugar leads to insulin resistance, obesity, fatty liver, chronic inflammation, poor gut health, and other harmful outcomes. By the way, the G2 just replaces a lot of the sugar with artificial sweeteners. Ick.